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Representation of sexuality

Some useful tips on writing about this can be found here

Also, this clip is American, but may be useful to analyse

Section A Overview

Section A: Textual Analysis and Representation

Candidates should be prepared to analyse and discuss the following: technical aspects of the
language and conventions of the moving image medium, in relation to the unseen moving image
extract, as appropriate to the genre and extract specified, in order to discuss the sequence’s
representation of individuals, groups, events or places:

Camera Shots, Angle, Movement and Composition
• Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial
shot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot, and variations of these.
• Angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle.
• Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom.
• Composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls.

Editing
Includes transition of image and sound – continuity and non-continuity systems.
• Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting,
parallel editing, cutaway; insert.
• Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow
motion, ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects.

Sound
• Diegetic and non-diegetic sound; synchronous/asynchronous sound; sound effects; sound
motif, sound bridge, dialogue, voiceover, mode of address/direct address, sound mixing, sound
perspective.
• Soundtrack: score, incidental music, themes and stings, ambient sound.

Mise-en-Scène
• Production design: location, studio, set design, costume and make-up, properties.
• Lighting; colour design.

It is acknowledged that not every one of the above technical areas will feature in equal measure in
any given extract. Therefore examiners are instructed to bear this in mind when marking the
candidates’ answers and will not expect each aspect will be covered in the same degree of detail,
but as appropriate to the extract provided and to the discussion of representation.

Candidates should be prepared to discuss, in response to the question, how these technical
elements create specific representations of individuals, groups, events or places and help to
articulate specific messages and values that have social significance. Particular areas of
representation that may be chosen are:

• Gender
• Age
• Ethnicity
• Sexuality
• Class and status
• Physical ability/disability
• Regional identity

Useful Notes On Representation and Editing

Useful Notes On Representation and Editing link

Regional Identity

River City Clip

You could look at a 5 min extract from this Glaswegian TV Drama, River City, for analysis .

Discuss the ways the extract constructs the representation of Social Class using the following:

-camera shots, angles, movement and composition

-editing

-sound

-mise en scene

Social Class 2

Discuss the ways the extract constructs the representation of Social Class using the following:

-camera shots, angles, movement and composition

-editing

-sound

-mise en scene

Social Class

Discuss the ways the extract constructs the representation of Social Class using the following:

-camera shots, angles, movement and composition

-editing

-sound

-mise en scene